SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP17447 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: System Software Manager VERSION: 1.50 Rev A LANGUAGE: English (US) CATEGORY: Management DIVISIONS: Workstations, Notebooks, Commercial Desktops PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Deskpro 2000: 6300MMX,6266MMX,6233MMX,5233MMX,5200MMX,5166MMX Deskpro 4000: 6233MMX,6300MMX,6266MMX,5166MMX,5233MMX,5200MMX Deskpro 6000: 6300MMX,6266MMX,6233MMX Deskpro 4000S: 5233MMX,5200MMX,5166MMX Deskpro 4000N: 5233MMX,5200MMX,5166MMX Deskpro EN Series: C850,P1.0GHz,P733 (na),P667 (na),C566 (na), P933,P866,P800,P733,P667,C600,P733/820,P667/820,P700,P650,P600, P600/820,C500/810,C466/810,P550,6400C,6500,6450+,6333C,6300A,6300C, 6450,6400,6350,6333,6300,6266 Deskpro EP Series: C433/810,a/P733E/810e,a/P667E/810e, a/P600E/810e,a/P550E/810e,a/P500E/810e,a/C500/810e,a/C466/810e,P700, P650,P667/810e,P600,P600/810e,P533/810e,P500/810e,P450+/810e,C500/810, C466/810,P550,6400C,6500,6450+,6450,6333C,6300A,6333,6300,6266,6266C, 6400,6350 Deskpro SB Series: 6400,6350,6333,6300,6266 Deskpro EN Series SFF: C850 (SFF),P1.0GHz (SFF-v),P1.0GHz (SFF), P733 (SFF-na),P667 (SFF-na),C566 (SFF-na),P933 (SFF-v),P933 (SFF),P866 (SFF),P800 (SFF),P733 (SFF),P667 (SFF),C600 (SFF),P866 (SFF-v),P800 (SFF-v),P733 (SFF-v),P667 (SFF-v),P733/820,P667/820,P700,P650, P667/810e,P600,P600/810e,P533/810e,P500/810e,P450+/810e,P600/820, C500/810,C466/810,Net PC 6400,Net PC 6300,6300,6300A,6300C,6333,6333C, 6350,6450,6400,6450+,6500,P550 iPAQ: P866/815e,C700/815e,P733/810e,P500/810e,C500/810e iPAQ Legacy-Free: P866/815e,C700/815e,P733/810e,P500/810e, C500/810e Deskpro EC Series: P550/810e,P533/810e,P500/810e,C500/810e, C466/810e Armada E500 Family: All Models Armada E700 Family: All Models Armada M300 Family: All Models Armada M700 Family: All Models Armada V300 Family: All Models Professional Workstation AP200: All Models Professional Workstation AP400: All Models Professional Workstation AP500: All Models Professional Workstation SP700: All Models Professional Workstation SP750: All Models Professional Workstation AP550: All Models Deskpro Workstation AP250: All Models Deskpro Workstation AP240: 733,600/EB,700 Deskpro Workstation 300: All Models Deskpro Workstation AP230: All Models Evo Workstation W6000: All Models Evo Workstation W8000: All Models Evo N400c: All Models OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows Me Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: - Requires Internet Explorer for INETAPI support DLL's to build the database file. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 2001 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0 SUPERSEDES: SP13331 SP12891 DESCRIPTION: System Software Manager (SSM) is a utility that supports unattended upgrade/installation of drivers, system agents, and system ROM on multiple PCs simultaneously from a centralized file store without implementing a software distribution infrastructure. ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: - Provides more information in log file, client information section. - Provides symbolic name to log file error codes. - Supports new Compaq SoftPaqs created with Packaged for the Web and other EXE+CAB file formats. - Supports Evo N400c and N600c BIOS flash. - SSM no longer forces an F10 setup password, if one is not set. This allows ROM flash and RMSET operations to execute on a system without an F10 password. - Additional information is reported in the log file to help debug deliverables. Use "/DEBUG" to display the command SSM uses to install deliverables. - Fixes problem where if no password was specified in admin mode, SSM would install an unknown password on the system during ROM flash. - Detects additional languages (CH, KR , RU, TH, TW). Previously these languages were reported as "US". See the SSM log file for the detected language. - Detects Windows ME and Windows XP. - Supports external CVA files downloaded from ftp.compaq.com for SoftPaqs located in file store subdirectories. - Fixes /TIMEOUT option for values not divisible by 50. - Supports silent install command parameters that contain quotation characters. - Does a better job of deleting temporary directories. - Supports embedded quotes for command parmeters in CVA SilentInstall= line. - Fixes illegal operation problem adding user rights to NT workstations. HOW TO USE: No installation for this deliverable. Read user guide for usage. Copyright 2001, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.